Giustino Durano

Actor

May 5, 1923 (78 years)

† February 20, 2002

Brindisi, Italy

Biography

Giustino Durano (May 5, 1923 in Brindisi, Italy - February 18, 2002 in Bologna, Italy) was a long lasting movie actor who is best known for his work as the uncle of Guido Orefice (Roberto Benigni) in the 1997 film, Life Is Beautiful. Description above from the Wikipedia article Giustino Durano, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

8.4

Life Is Beautiful

Zio

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.

9.0

David Copperfield

Jorkins

A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships.

6.1

After the Fox

Critic

A criminal mastermind sets up a phony film production as part of a plan to smuggle stolen gold.

6.2

The Bobo

Druggist (uncredited)

Unsuccessful singing bullfighter Juan arrives in Barcelona to try his luck in a big town. He finally persuades a devious local impresario to book him, but only on the condition that Juan first manages to spend an evening with Olimpia, a "shrewd merciless beauty" who seems effortlessly to collect apartments and Maserati sports cars while leaving a trail of broken hearts behind her. Juan approaches the challenge by pretending to her he is an emissary for a rich count. Written by Jeremy Perkins

6.8

Tante scuse

Funzionario struttura RAI

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Villa Arzilla

Gastone

Villa Arzilla is an Italian television series.

10.0

Nel mondo di Alice

Il cappellaio matto

On a warm afternoon Alice falls asleep on the lawn and when she wakes up finds herself catapulted into an unreal and colorful world populated by strange characters and talking animals. Following first a white rabbit and then through a mirror, she will have fantastic adventures, amid clumsy talking chessmen and a shrewish duchess, played by Franca Valeri. When she wakes up, everything will return to normal, leaving her with the memory of a frightening but beautiful dream at the same time.

6.2

Me, Me, Me... and the Others

Policeman

Sandro is a well-known journalist and he is conducting a survey on human selfishness. Every man and every woman he meets turns into a theme for his inquiry. Even his own wife, Titta.

5.3

Male Companion

Baker (uncredited)

A dedicated layabout (Jean-Pierre Cassel) bounces from relationship to relationship, moving on only when the prospect of employment presents itself.

5.5

The Queen of the Pirates

Battista, the Count's Manservant

In 16th century Italy, on the Adriatic coast, the duchy of Doruzza is governed by a tyrannical duke, Zulian, and his haughty daughter, Isabella. When they commit a great injustice, a ship's captain and his daughter turn pirate to fight back for the people.

5.1

Rage of the Buccaneers

Juan

Gordon, The Black Pirate, battles the slavery trade.

5.4

Amici ahrarara

Zio Giannangelo

Two penniless cousins have a common passion: to be inventors, but they never managed to make money out of their patents. Their only hope is represented by their hateful and rich uncle.

6.8

Tipi da spiaggia

Nick Balmora

Four penniless friends wich Belong to a small commedy theatre go to taormina a famous Italian beach resort willing to marry Barbara a famous multimillionaire cosmetic firm owner and forget their troubles. After a series of adventures the four youths go back to Rome with four new girlfriends.

5.4

The Golden Arrow

Absent-Minded Genie

Genies help an Arabian bandit (Tab Hunter) locate a magic arrow he needs to claim heirship to the sultan's kingdom.

5.5

Vino, whisky e acqua salata

ufficiale tedesco

An Italian submarine commander manages to sink an English warship and take its very British commander as prisoner. The film is based on the relationship which develops between the two characters.

10.0

Accroche-toi, y'a du vent!

Un malvivente

A self-taught amateur detective who learned his trade from a book finds himself caught between two gangs in Milan, trying to recover a wooden leg full of drugs. He is accompanied by an unlikely trio: a deaf secretary, an undertaker and a monkey.

8.0

Mission Phantom

Roland

A group known as Phantom are hired by an eccentric in a wheelchair to heist 4 billion dollars worth of diamonds from Russia.

5.2

Raped On The Beach

Priest

A young girl witnesses a violent and ultimately fatal act between her mother and another man and it emotionally scars her for years to come. As a young woman, she takes a vacation with a more worldly girlfriend to Sardinia, and in doing so, attracts the attention of a young man in the village. Despite her interest in the man her haunted past prevents her from developing a normal relationship with him.

5.5

Bang Bang Kid

Hotchkiss

Guy Madison has a high old time as a would be feudal baron in the Wild West. No one is willing to stand up to Madison and his henchmen, no one that is, except mild-mannered inventor Tom Bosley. It seems that Bosley has welded together a robot gunslinger, whom he calls "The Bang Bang Kid". Only trouble is, the "Kid" breaks down at the darnedest times.

6.0

The Two Sans-culottes

Prof. Guillotin

The brothers Franco and Ciccio La Capra moves to France in the days of the French Revolution, putting themselves in a lot of trouble.